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Organisational culture and history – a method of understanding mergers and acquisitions

This week we also sent out the following research briefing to members. Keywords: organisational culture, research methods, history, oral histories, uncertainty, mergers and acquisitions Over the last 10-15 years the importance of understanding the organisational culture of merging organisations has come to the fore. Many failed mergers and acquisitions have been put down to cultural […]

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Positive Leadership and the 4 dilemmas of strategic timing

This week we sent members two brand new research briefings The rise of Positive Organisational Leadership Keywords: positive organisational leadership, leadership, positive organisational scholarship, leadership development, positive deviance, organisational development Positive organisational scholarship is part of the recent interest in positive psychology and positive organisational development and refers to organisational approaches to developing a […]

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How emotional intelligence makes a difference during performance reviews

Emotional intelligence and performance reviews

Does the level of emotional intelligence of the manager or the subordinate make any difference to the outcome of performance reviews? Emotional intelligence The study Findings Reference Emotional intelligence Previous studies have found that higher levels of emotional intelligence correlate closely with higher levels of job satisfaction and a general sense of control over […]

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Flexibility, strategy & knowledge management – members only research briefings

This week our members received the following three research briefings… Psychological flexibility The four dilemmas of strategic timing Knowledge management success in organisations The critical importance of psychological flexibility and how it predicts mental health outcomes and resilience Keywords: Psychological inflexibility, Psychological flexibility, cognitive flexibility, cognitive inflexibility, coaching Psychological flexibility refers […]

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in Blog , Organisational Development , Research by David Wilkinson

Organisational openness and how it impacts employee performance

Organisational openness is an across organisation philosophy which emphasises transparency in all areas and free unrestricted access to knowledge and information. It also incorporates and promotes positive collaboration and cooperative management and decision-making, with an emphasis on learning as opposed to being right. Open organisations Learning and agility Culture Creativity, innovation and flexibility The study […]

#co-operation #employee performance #organisational openness

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How to repair deviant, toxic corporate and organisational cultures

The Oxford Review has just published it’s latest Special Report – How to repair deviant, toxic corporate and organisational cultures. Special reports are extended research briefings. In this report: This report is based on a detailed review of previous studies in the field and draws together the learning about how to deal with cultures once they […]

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Perfectionism: The different types of perfectionist and how they cope

Researchers have been studying the impact of perfectionism on a range of outcomes. Previous research has found that individuals with higher levels of perfectionism, who experienced stress are significantly more likely to experience emotional distress. This study wanted to see how people cope with perfectionism and stress. Perfectionism Perfectionistic striving Perfectionistic concerns Healthy perfectionists The […]

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Practice intelligence and the problem with Business School learning

Why management and leadership development should be focussing on practice intelligence. Fourteen years ago this year Henry Mintzberg published his book ‘Managers not MBAs: A hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development‘, in which Mintzberg challenged the prevailing view that the recipient of the MBA was by default not only […]

#Leadership #Leadership Development #Management #management development #practice intelligence

in Blog , Leadership , Research by David Wilkinson

How we collude to not resolve the paradoxes leaders and managers create

How managers and leaders create paradoxes at work Messages and orders from leaders and managers create a world of meaning in organisations. Often however the messages managers and leaders unintentionally send out frequently create a paradox i.e. inconsistencies, uncertainties and ambiguity that defy or counter the prevailing logic within the organisation. These in effect, create […]

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Why I-O psychologists and management consultants need to up their game…and more in…

In this Month’s Oxford Review: Does being clear about your own emotions help you to have greater empathy? Why talent management and industrial–organisational (I-O) psychology has a big problem Lean is harder to implement and the results worse than people usually expect at first What does engagement really mean? The impact of organisational values and […]

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